101 MissPres Places: East/Central Mississippi Poll

After yet another 7th inning stretch in our polling for the 101 Mississippi Places list, we’re back into it with a chance to vote for your favorite places in the East Mississippi region. To avoid a huge glut in the Jackson poll, I’ve also had to add a few properties from what is more properly the Jackson metro area, such as Rankin County and Raymond. I hope this doesn’t skew the results too much, but then again, I’ve given up predicting the results, so how would I know they were skewed?

The poll will be open for two weeks, closing around midnight on Friday, June 24, 2o11. As always, I have listed the 24 properties up for consideration below and have done my best to link to at least a picture and any other documentation that might be helpful in your research.

Begin voting!

East and Central Mississippi

• Threefoot Building, Meridian (1930) [National Register]
• Grand Opera House, Meridian (1890) [National Register]
• Witherspoon School, Meridian (1888) [Mississippi Landmark]
• Meridian City Hall (1914-15) [National Register]
• Wechsler School, Meridian (1894) [National Register]
• Merrehope, Meridian (c.1858) [National Register]
• Temple Theater, Meridian (1927) [National Register]
• Vise Clinic Building, Meridian (1905, remodeled 1947)
• Meridian Union Station (1906/rebuilt 1997)
• Dentzel Carousel, Meridian (1896) [National Register]
• Simmons-Wright Company Store, Kewanee community (1926) [National Register]
• Neshoba County Fairgrounds [National Register]
• Neshoba County Courthouse (1928) (National Register, nationally significant for two MLK marches, 1964, 1966]
• (old) Neshoba County Jail, Philadelphia (National Register, nationally significant for association with Goodwin, Chaney, and Schwerner]
• Lawrence Consolidated School, Newton County (1923)
• Sciples Oprey House and Water Mill, Kemper County
• Stuckeys Bridge, Lauderdale County (1901) [National Register]
• Dunns Falls, Savoy community
• Hinds County Courthouse, Raymond (1859) [National Register, HABS]
• Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Raymond (1885)
• St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Raymond (1855) [National Register]
• Swinging Bridge, Byram (c.1905) [National Register]
• Shiloh Methodist Campground, Rankin County (1832)
• Rankin County Courthouse, Brandon (1924) [National Register]